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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 138, 2 June 1908, Page 4

tho I i was held yesterday. { Were were present: Councillor* J. Browu (chairman!, 11. .Stewn*. M. Hopson, A. <s(urj«'. ('. Andrew-. Ci. A. Adlam, U, V. *]\»}v\ ;ii<ii .). K. ilill. t'KFlU.lls KKh HI'lS. lln* dih-. r i 1. I'm i rt'i»-.ut -il that tli,. i».tm<iuth tlu* cru<h<-r li.ul u'oikoL s>. i!.,\-. (iu>liinji (i-ii yanl?. H t . j-k»-d i- i authority t<» pur* j! new i ui cdii, ,;vfs tor Lli' crusher. -Tlii-i wa n authorised. Foreman .loin * jTarikh reported having lixt'd several culvert* tut tin l Mouu tain road. Mo-t nf hi* time had been ; taken up with toncrete work at the Manganiawhete bridge. lie hid buried another cow lielonging to .Mr. bound for the alwttoirs a> a "boner."' It was decided to apply to Mr. Murtagh to refund the cost of burial. Foreman Joins will be instructed to clean drain* on the Tariki road. Foreman Bennett (Junction east) reported that the road from Dudley road to Durham road vva- breaking up badly, and that lie required s«in yardc, of metal to maintain it. The llnirin,;!) >;M ih iv were '2(H) >ard* of >toue available.--!! wis decided to procure anothvr iidii \ard«. Foreman \Yuik«-r < inn -lion road) re--1 ported that one oi Is- struts under die ' Henui bridge had bvru knocked away by the la-t Hood.

Foreman Holmes reported that there had been delivered on the road from various contractors- 'iJG yards of metal for.re-.nWtaflihg and repairing.

-Foreman Htise (Omata riding) reported the eomnletion of the metalling of the road noin Allen' K Hill to Mission Hill. He had received 972 yardß of metal, the average per day being 83 yards. He had spread 30 yards on the beach road, and six yards in front of lister's store. Hurfo'rd and Plymouth road bridges were iu a very bad 6tnte. Metal was required promptly for the Breakwater road and for the main road I between Mission Hill and the borough boundary. It was decided to obtain 200 yards of stout; from the harbour imarry. Foreman Brosnan lOmata south riding) reported that he had put a si one drain iu the Katakara hill, completely cutting oil the spring which had run through the metal lor a number of years. The decking of the Stony River bridge had been completed, and the old decking timber sold by auction, lie had valued a quantity of timber removed by J. Penwarden'at .CI. He bad improved the watering-place near the Oakura dairy factory with some puriri I timber. He had inspected the Katakara concrete bridge, A number of large 1 boulder,, had collected at the mouth of the bridge, causing a large hole, and the water jvas working its way underneath one of the piers. These could be removed by blasting. The foreman will be instructed to safeguard the Katakara culvert. ANOTHER TIMBER TROUBLE. Mr. Andrews reported that .Mr. J. Penwarden had taken away some timber from the roadside at Stony River bridge and put it into hi- cowshed. I'pon his complaining to Mr. l'enwarden, that gentleman had Ikvh "pretty cheekv'' about it, but afterwards he had hid it valued and had paid tl for it. It was decided to accept the foreman a estimate, and to inform Mr. Penwarden that no timber must be removed from the roads or from bridges under repair without the consent of the Council. MORE ABOUT TAI'UAE.

Mr. F. J. Morris wrote declining to accept tin- offer of the Council iv levelling hank* at Tapuae and insulin" upon the fulfilment of the award: also threatening to charge demurrage- on timlier lett on his property. The t hairnian reported that he had l«-cii ihere. and "had seen the tonhcr Mr. Adlam was gning to gaol alwut.'' Councillor Hill thuiight the Council

\\i\- very indiscreet in appointing .Mr. Adlani t«. confer with Mr. Morris at any time, for it wa„ " like holding out it red rag to a bull.'" Mr. Adlam agreed to but averred that he never stated anything but facts

in dealing -with Mr. Morris. The Council adhered to its previous resolution requesting payment for the timber. TENDERS. Tenders for the erection of a reinforced concrete bridge over the W'aiongona stream on the -lunction road at the Inglewood bacon factory were opened and"dealt with as follows:—1". (irayling. tSJIi ■»< lacoeptcd); -1. M. McKay, LS.-S-. A. -1. I)"nch and C".. CSiU IDs; IVmn Hro-.. cn.jn. The engineer'" estimate vva-' CSJI. The Inglewood liorough Council, which had to pay half-cwt of the work, and who hid approved the plans, wrote that thev did not wish tIK-ir share to exceed £315. HEAVY TRAFFIC. Foreman Bennett and Foreman llusc reported exceptionally heavy traffic on the roads under their supervision.

Jt was decided to again urge the (!overnmenl to pass the mode! by-laws into l» w - .. .

After some discussion it was decided that, in the ease of timber traffic the. due rt should be collected quarterly. ENGINEERS KEItVKT.

Tile engineer (Mr. .lohn Skinner) reported that the contracts for the Mangamawhcte ami Timani bridges were going on satisfactorily, as also was tiiat of Oakura hill deviation. He asked that control of traflic over the above bridges lie placed in the hand, of the contractors. At Tim.ini. particularly, the rate of speed was as a rule excessive, endangering the lives of the contractors' workmen. He had, at the request of the district roads engineer (Mr. Murray) uiaile a rough plan of a culvert bridge for Te Henni river at Cliff's, and mad.! an estimate of total eewt of a straight road as originally proposed. This was considerably above the cost of the sidinj! road as proposed by him. Mr. Murray favoured a mail leading through Messrs SaxtonV and Jordan's farms. This could lie managed by a tunnel and heavj filling similar to that at Tapuae, an. would In- probably the cheapest and best for the county a, a whole, but wouh cnt oIT the I'ukctotara lands. The dis lance would lie the same a-, the preseni proposal. Mr. Skinner was iu favor o this, with tin- exception of tlie cuttin; off of I'ukctotara. and would ask f«i iiiftructioiis to make a survey of th route. Dining the month ho found i Hfi-i- —ary to strengthen the wing wall !"f llakura new bridge —the great weigh | of .-.irth iu th<' new tilling having sprun; the <d.l work aw.iv from the new con | i-rete. Had the bridge been built as , whole, in-toad of lir-t tin- abutment and then the bridge, this pr.ib.ibly wouh not have happened, but as it was ih reinforcement wa- not carried hig enough, liar,, had now been pa-so. ihroiigli from uing wall to wing wall an made the bridge secure. Nothing occui red »i injure the bridge proper. A the Council luid now twelve bridges con plete.l ~: concrete, this one partial fai ure should not condemn the systen but rather c.iu-e greater precaution i the planning of future bridge-. The ( oumil p.i-se.l a resolution -mil ori-ing Mr. lir.iyling. the contractor, t control Irallie at the Timaru bridge. Mr. sikinuer --aid it would be ipiii praeti.-able to make a g.iod road of th pre-eiit Avenue road, -traighiening i and grading it to a bridge <.u a hi-lc

1,,.-! than the ~re-ent llelllli bridge, ii. tii.oi'.'ht ■:■ zrMl : . of one in 1.". could ;.. -r.-me.!.

! Ti» v i!l Uj;«;n tlk* j»!<>I t!» -iibmit iv-■•ir.nl- | aim of t!i - ; ntv-nit mari. j ' '.KXKHAL Mr. \\. ( . wrotr. on b'h.ili m ri }i<-»-r|»t C.:'! i<) fa r pa-1 ;in<l I'litunU.'hvA in tfir laU- Ml-. Woo.K pro j 1 i? y .it o,iki:r« imiwi! 1»v flu* nv<*rM'i\v ■ l' "f ;i -tivam < mi-rcjUcnt upon iliu s ii:: i<<ji « f ;< Jiiuii' ! t«> divert ii;>-1-1, Hi-:' (li" liii' -! i (Mill. ■ - IJefrlTcd to ' 1". ,'wMn v. . i .r hi- ;-l n -K! iniM-liit;.'. i• !; ti-.viiH lliat Hiic\ ~r«ii»«* t'4;< n i'vui! .M;ilioctalii .'i [■> |>(>ncv.— \. i- - : •<>. Tion <.f tlm fiinirihiin in anlliort'VtF.l llM'til 1 for tllC i.'in it.i iiuMSLT. n'l'l i;i an j, in for tli" <-.i}>al>!< v of lit! - c:i> ion. '.va- confirmed. !"(:«• < :>iii!i i 1 od a resolution ;«1M )1 ' C * f-:.ri\..i" tin* |irom]it]t('v of Valuation in lonvurdin? tlio con; plotfi roll'?.

BP 1 = Mr. August Carl>on applied for pt*ruUbion to construct a private tramway 'long the Koru road from his -sawmill.— '•ranted, provided tin- Oakura ttoal Board ha* no objection. Settlors in Tariki petitioned for tlic construction of a footpath through the town<liip.---'the rvijue-t was acceded to. Ipon the motion of the chairman, ai. amended special rate of %d in tin? C wni struck over the Eitham road special rating district.